SACRAMENTO – As water becomes scarce in the valley, so does job security, which is why Senator Hurtado is pushing a bill that would give financial assistance to low-income farmworkers.

Senate Bill 1066 has just landed on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for approval after being passed by the Senate Floor on Aug. 30. Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) pushed the bill, also known as the Farmworker’s Drought Resilience Pilot Project, to provide eligible farmworkers with state-funded supplemental cash assistance under the implementation of the Department of Social Services (DSS).

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